Biting his lips and with eyes brimming with tears, he said emotionally, on 9 Aug 1965:

"Everytime we look back on this moment... it will be a moment of anguish. I mean for me it is a moment of anguish because all my life.. you see, the whole of my adult life, I have believed in merger and the unity of these two territories.... Would you mind if we stop for a while?"

I teared in my eyes as I watched this interview again. It was a moment of anguish for me at this point, not because of the separation 50 years ago. But simply because this man who worried, teared and fought relentlessly for our future is now gone.

A art-in-Yang's-yoghurt in memory of our founding father Mr Lee Kuan Yew...